Rolta, SELEX in partnership to serve Indian Army

Mumbai, India: Rolta signed a strategic partnership with SELEX Communications, a Finmeccanica company, for the Indian Tactical Communication System (TCS) programme. Under this agreement, the companies will provide comprehensive tactical military communications solutions to Indian Army.

SELEX Communications will undertake transfer of its state-of-the-art technology for Radio Relay systems, Switching systems and Field Wireless systems etc, to address the TCS programme needs. With a high level of Indian content, these sophisticated military communication systems will fulfil the longstanding national need of indigenous technology in this critical area.

Speaking on the occasion, K. K. Singh, CMD, Rolta, said, “We are in a position to address the Indian military communications requirements with field proven technology from SELEX Communications, and to integrate them with Rolta’s defence solutions, to meet the stringent standards of the Indian armed forces under the Government of India’s defence modernisation and capacity building programmes.”

Mario Damiani, Senior Vice President Sales of SELEX Communications, stated “Our world-class technology, when coupled with Rolta’s deep understanding of Indian defence needs and systems integration expertise, would make our offering comprehensive and fully compliant with the demanding performance requirements of Indian TCS programme.”